Thursday, March 15, 2012

Nedra's Element - Geranium

Two things came to mind when I first thought of our new
topic- design elements and chemical elements.
The scientific side of me kept taking over as I mulled the exciting possibilities
– gold, silver, cobalt, copper, iron. I
had many pictures swirling around in my head.
Why, I’m not entirely sure, but I googled the periodic table and
realized there were many strange elements I had forgotten-molybdenum, lawrencium,
americium, germanium. Ha, that last one
sounded interesting. An element named after Germany? Drop an m and you have geranium. Geranium – Now wouldn’t that be a beautiful
element and thus I envisioned this modified version.

I found a drawing of a geranium by Inge Jacobsen which I
modified a bit, then printed a copy and traced onto fabric. I painted the geranium flower and leaves and
then fused it to my background fabric, which reminded me of atomic particles. I
fused the symbol and atomic number to the piece and then machine quilted the atomic particles to
complete my depiction of this fictitious
member of the table.

Nedra,How fun this one is! I think I could actually remember an element like this. I am a very visual learner and pretty things attract me. Your painting and fabric choices are wonderful and tell the story well. This one sure does make me smile!

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The Material Mavens

We are a group of art quilters who come from various parts of the United States, from the East coast and then south to Arkansas and Texas. We were inspired by the original Twelve by Twelve international art quilting group.

Beginning in September, 2011, we started posting our 12"x 12" art quilts, which were based on themes chosen in turn by our members. For Round One, we posted quilts every two months, always on the 15th of the designated months.

Round Two of The Material Mavens began in October, 2014. Some changes were made: quilts were posted every three months, and the quilts could be be either 12"x 12" or rectangular ones measuring 11" x 14", either horizontal or vertical in orientation.

Round Three of The Material Mavens will begin in July, 2018. Again, changes have been made. Now those members who wish to stay affiliated with the group are free to post quilts every time or every now and then. Two, our blog administrator collected suggested themes from the members who wanted to remain affiliated. These themes were then pulled at random from a "hat," and they were then assigned in order for the posting dates. Since we had 13 members who wanted to remain, we will be posting quilts every 3 months until 2021! This date is significant and appropriate, because 2021 will be the 10th year that our group has been in existence.